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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 20:24:24 +1100
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: dancy@franz.com, Studded@dal.net
Subject: Re: bin/6047: bash does not handle -e option properly
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>	What are you actually trying to accomplish here?

He's trying to to get sh fixed to work properly.  Perhaps a better
example:

---
#!/bin/sh
set -e
funcfalse() {
	return 1
}

for i in /usr/bin/false false funcfalse
do
	if $i; then echo $i; else echo not $i; fi
done
---

This handles funcfalse different from the other falses.  /bin/sh apparently
exits for `return 1' when -e is set.  The correctness of this for a POSIX
shhell depends on whether `return' is a simple command.  I don't think it
is.  This examples shows why it shouldn't be.

The PR should not mention bash in its subject line.  bash works right,
but /bin/sh doesn't.

Bruce

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